In 1985, he met Pierre Marchand, publisher Gallimard Jeunesse, who notices his d'adolescent drawings After a ferry literary, he makes visual communication studies at the Ecole Estienne. His first children's book illustrations appear in the Rose Library at Hachette. (1974-1977.) He worked for several years as a freelance illustrator for studios of graphics and advertising and professional journals. moreĪfter a ferry literary, he makes visual communication studies at the Ecole Estienne. How can the devastated Yannick make things right again - and what surprising discoveries might come of it?. But one evening the spell is broken when an important local comes for dinner and Yannick accidentally destroys a precious drawing the man leaves behind. So begins an idyllic month for the young city boy: roaming the gentle hills and rolling valleys and daydreaming about his beautiful cousin Amandine helping at his aunt and uncle’s bustling village inn feeling that he has come to the most wonderful place in the world. He has rarely been out of Paris, and if the paintings in his mother’s beloved Cézanne book are to be believed, surely Provence is paradise itself. When Yannick learns that he is to stay with his aunt Mathilde and her family in the South of France, he cannot believe his luck. When Yannick learns that he is to st From the author of War Horse comes a gentle, evocative story of a young city boy’s summer in 1960s rural Provence. From the author of War Horse comes a gentle, evocative story of a young city boy’s summer in 1960s rural Provence. 'First published 2006 in Singing for Mrs Pettigrew: a story-maker's journey by Walker Books. However, in so doing he makes a surprising discovery He could never have imagined that his mother's hero, the world-famous Cezanne, would come to his inn, and sit at one of his tables! But still Yannick is devastated by what he has done, and resolves to make things right again. Then one evening the idyll is spoilt when an important local comes for dinner and Yannick accidentally destroys a precious drawing the man leaves behind. So begins an idyllic month for the young city boy: roaming the gentle hills and rolling valleys of Aix-en-Provence, daydreaming about his beautiful cousin Amandine helping in his aunt and uncle's bustling village inn in the evenings feeling that he has come to the most wonderful place in the world. He has rarely been out of Paris, and if the paintings in his mother's beloved Cezanne book are to be believed, surely Provence is paradise itself. When Yannick learns that he is to stay with his Aunt Mathilde and her family in the South of France, he cannot believe his luck.

Meeting Cezanne by François Place